Overeating during the Mid-Autumn Festival can spoil the fun by causing inflammation of the tooth nerve

Recently, reservations for Mid-Autumn Festival barbecue meals in restaurants and hotels are almost all full, and supermarkets have begun to see a "buy-out" phenomenon of barbecue ingredients. Based on past experience, during each annual festival, people can't help but salivate over barbecue, eating pomelo, and munching on mooncakes. However, dental clinics have also found that once the festival is over, the number of patients suffering from inflammation and pain in the dental nerve will increase.

Dentists remind us to pay attention to oral hygiene after eating and drinking too much to avoid inflammation of the dental nerve. (Photo courtesy of dentist Li Zonghan)

Dentist Li Zonghan said that the main reason for the inflammation and pain of the dental nerve is the lack of sensitivity to the health of the teeth. People often ignore minor problems in the mouth, such as tooth decay, periodontitis, missing teeth or bad breath. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people like to eat and drink. If they neglect to clean their teeth, food can easily remain in the decayed teeth, causing acute dental nerve inflammation or periodontitis, necessitating medical treatment.

In addition to dental nerve inflammation caused by diet, mild periodontitis such as swollen and painful gums, and bleeding when brushing teeth are also common during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday due to the catalysis of irregular work and rest. These early symptoms can mostly be improved by maintaining a normal work and rest schedule and eating more fruits and vegetables to supplement nutrients. If you are already a periodontal patient, you need to strengthen oral care and cleaning, maintain a normal work and rest schedule and a moderate diet to avoid further stimulation of the periodontium and worsening of the condition.

In order to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival safely and healthily, dentist Li Zonghan reminds that you should take good care of your teeth on a daily basis, especially before the festival, you can have a dental check-up in advance, properly treat periodontal disease and tooth decay in advance, and avoid acute toothache attacks; after enjoying moon cakes, pomelo and other sweets, you should clean your teeth thoroughly to prevent food from remaining in the gaps between teeth and in the grooves, causing inflammation of the dental nerve, and you can eat more vegetables and fruits to improve immunity and reduce the chance of periodontal and gingival inflammation.